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Sneha Koorse is known for The Witcher (2019), The Americans (2013) and Daredevil (2015). Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Awards. 3 nominations. Known for. The Witcher. 8.0. TV Series. Writer. 2019–2021 • 2 eps. The Americans. 8.4. TV Series. Writer. 2013 • 12 eps. Daredevil. 8.6. TV Series. Writer.
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Writer: The Witcher. Sneha Koorse is known for The Witcher (2019), Daredevil (2015) and The Americans (2013).
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Dec 23, 2019 · “Bottled Appetites” (written by Sneha Koorse) is the first test in this regard, as Geralt (Henry Cavill) and Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) finally cross paths in a darkly humorous story. Thankfully...
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By Matt Purslow
Updated: Dec 20, 2019 3:25 pm
Posted: Dec 20, 2019 8:01 am
This review contains full spoilers for The Witcher Season 1, episode 5, titled "Bottled Appetites". For a refresher, check out our review of episode 4, "Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials".
It’s been a long time coming, but with episode 5 The Witcher finally gets a move on with its overarching plotlines. Geralt and Yennefer meet for the first time, and Nilfgaard actually enacts a plan to capture Ciri. There’s notable character development across the board, and a stronger feeling of coherence between the show’s separate threats. But despite this, episode 5 notably suffers from many of The Witcher’s production woes, which overshadow several of the story’s triumphs.
Episode 5’s strength comes down to the work of writer Sneha Koorse and director Charlotte Brändström, who finally make The Witcher feel like an ensemble cast show rather than three separate projects cut together. The episode swaps between its perspectives at a quicker pace than previous episodes, making each character feel more engaged in the overall plot. This is further helped by having two of the three stories finally entwine. Ciri’s scenes are reduced in the latter half as the action heats up between Geralt and Yennefer, but overall the show now feels notably more coherent.
Geralt and Yennefer’s first meeting is also bizarre in tone, with the White Wolf dragging a seriously ill Jaskier through an orgy that’s shot like R-rated music video for Moulin Rouge. Far from being the sultry, mysterious sequence it aspires to be, the scene is just a bit embarrassing.
Talking of naked folk, the episode’s attempt to build sexual tension between Geralt and Yennefer falls entirely flat, which means when the two get down and dirty in the final moments of the episode it feels as if it has come from nowhere. Their bathing scene, which I can only assume is there to establish attraction, is so flat and lacking in spark that it fails to generate any genuine feelings between the two. Cavill shows less emotion here than he did during his conversation with his horse in episode 1, which certainly paints an odd picture. It makes their later intimate encounter feel cheap, and prompted by Yennefer being impressed by Geralt’s save-the-day abilities rather than any genuine connection. Those familiar with the books and games will know Geralt is pretty promiscuous, but the way this sequence is built up to and presented means it is unclear if this is a casual encounter or the start of something more. It’s clumsy character progression for such an iconic couple.
While these poorer elements threaten to overshadow “Bottled Appetites,” it’s important to note that the core story, based on Sapkowski’s The Last Wish, is one of the season’s strongest tales.
Its final twist, in which we realise that Geralt was granted the djinn’s wishes and thus has unknowingly wielded the key to stopping it all the long, is a satisfying reveal that forces the White Wolf to solve the quest like a puzzle rather than via a kill. This also helps anchor the show in its unique fantasy niche; not everything in The Witcher’s world can be solved by political backstabbing (or just literal backstabbing). Some things need lateral thinking and an understanding of mythical rules.
It finally feels as if The Witcher’s elongated prologue is over and its individual threads are being pulled together in order to advance the overarching plot. The events of “Bottled Appetites” have true consequences for the story; Geralt and Yennefer have begun their relationship, and Nilfgaard’s plot to capture Ciri has not only been put into acti...
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The Witcher finally feels more cohesive, but struggles to nail the right tone.
Matt Purslow
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Dec 18, 2019 · A pitch hailing from Sneha Koorse, a writer who has worked on Netflix’s Umbrella Academy and Daredevil, Badmash is a darkly comedic noir inspired by one of India’s worst-kept secrets: Big-city...
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